The accompanying file (bits_io2006.dta) contains the data used in the following article:

�Competing for Capital: The Diffusion of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1959-2000,� with Beth Simmons and Andrew Guzman.  2006.  International Organization 60(4).

The following stset command was used in Stata to prepare the data for event history analysis:

	stset year, id(dyad)  failure(bit) origin(time atrisk)

ERRATA

Please note the following errors that have been identified since the publication of the article.

1.  In Table2 and the Data Appendix, the variable listed as �Host� Capital Account� should read �Host�s Current Account.�

2.  We have since identified a minor error in the computation of several variables.  Those errors have been corrected in the 5/08 release of the data.  The errors do not change the substantive results, but users should be aware that analysis of data from the current release will not match the published article exactly.  


Please direct any questions, comments, or problems to Zachary Elkins (zelkins@austin.utexas.edu)
